Participation has grown by more than two million golfers in the last year 5
New research from The R&A has found that the number of people in Great Britain who have played golf on a full-length course in the last year has surged to 5.2 million.
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The clubs marketing themselves ahead of next year’s Open Championship 0
Next week’s Open has seen all additional championship day tickets sell out within 72 hours of going on sale. Unsurprisingly, clubs located near to the 2020 venue are already using the event to market themselves.
Wimbledon makes £65 million offer to buy golf club 2
The world’s most prestigious tennis tournament has made a massive £65 million offer to a local golf club which, if accepted, will result in a windfall for all its members.
This is how one golf club is celebrating Pride 0
Oxford Golf Club has backed the Oxford Pride festival – a celebration of Oxfordshire’s LGBTQ community – by placing a rainbow-themed flag in every hole on its course.
Large jump in number of nine-hole golfers 4
All four home golf unions have reported significant rises in the number of people who have been playing nine-holes of golf in the last couple of years.
Golf is saving health authorities millions of pounds every year 0
A major survey of 3,200 golfers has found that the game plays a significant role in improving their physical and mental health.
All of the UK’s links golf courses could disappear by 2100 6
An alarming report from the UK’s leading environmental organisation charity has found that every links golf course in the UK is in danger of disappearing in less than a century due to climate change.
Huge growth in Highlands visitor numbers proves benefits of golf clubs working together 0
Three Scottish golf clubs have said they have generated hundreds of thousands of pounds in extra revenue in the last few years by working together.
Irish golf club to benefit from staggering £18m investment 0
The company that runs East Clare Golf Club in Ireland has said it will invest nearly £18 million into the facility.
Warwickshire golf club closes ‘until further notice’ 1
A popular golf club in Warwickshire has closed ‘until further notice’ after its operator pulled out, according to its local council, which is taking legal advice.
Amazing scenes as three golfers hit a hole-in-one on the same hole on the same day 0
Three amateur golfers have beaten odds of what might be trillions to one by all hitting a hole-in-one on the same hole on the same day.
Leeds Golf Centre announces major £9m expansion 4
Leeds Golf Centre hopes to extend its existing facility into a multi-million-pound golf complex featuring lodges, a spa, an adventure golf course and fitness facilities.
The golf courses put up for sale this year 5
This year a number of golf courses have been put on the market. Here is an overview of 17 of the biggest of them.
UK’s largest golf resort operator is sold 1
QHotels, which runs nine major golf resorts in England and one in Scotland, has been acquired in a deal worth about £525 million.
World’s fifth oldest golf course renamed for marketing drive 8
One of the oldest golf courses in the world will be renamed as part of a clever marketing drive.
Golf group comes up with an amazing new type of golf course 2
A company that owns seven golf courses in the UK has introduced golf holes unlike anything we’ve seen before at three of its venues.
European Tour CEO issues a challenge to UK’s golf clubs 9
The chief executive of the European Tour, Keith Pelley, has issued a challenge to golf clubs to modernise in a bid to grow the game over the next few years.
Girl golf recruitment campaign is working 0
A campaign to get more girls in England playing golf appears to be working, according to England Golf.
32 golf clubs will take on GolfSixes branding 0
The GolfSixes tournament, which saw fireworks, music, a shot clock and top golfers competing over six holes of golf, has already had a positive effect on golf participation, according to a charity.
‘This is the worst vandalism I’ve ever seen’ 3
The owner of a Cambridgeshire golf club has said an attack to 14 of the course’s greens is the worst case of golf vandalism she has ever seen.
England Golf explains new ‘rogue player’ handicapping rule 10
England Golf has released a statement explaining why it has introduced a clause to CONGU’s handicapping system that requires players to return their scores to their home golf club.
The top 40 trends of 2016 1
The year 2016 was like no other in the golf club industry. The vote to continue the ban on women from becoming members at Muirfield became an embarrassment, while Adidas’ and Nike’s decision to pull out of the game caused concern.
Nigel Mansell course one of several sold in recent weeks 0
The golf club created by former Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell has been sold for a reported figure of £11 million.
Several private members’ golf clubs have now received overpaid VAT refunds 0
Approximately 25 per cent of the golf clubs that had claimed for VAT rebates on green fees via KPMG have now received the money back from HMRC.
36 hole golf club to convert 9 holes into a vineyard 0
A Sussex golf club has come up with a unique way to increase its revenue streams – it is going to convert a quarter of its golf course land into a vineyard.
7 jailed for planned heist on Old Course Hotel 0
Seven men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for planning a unique raid on the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews which would have had ‘huge implications’ for golf if they had been successful.
Golf Development Wales is getting people from ethnic minority backgrounds into golf 0
A new project aimed at addressing the tiny number of people from a black and minority ethnic background who are members of golf clubs in Wales is already having a positive effect.
